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PONTIAC COMMUNITY EVENTS

June 11. Amplify 819. 
Final details of the first concert in this series.  Five bands will be performing, including Fully Down (headlining), No Other Way, The Less You Know, In Safe Hands and one other to be announced. The concert begins at 6:30 pm at the Recreational Activities Centre, 455 Hillcrest Avenue, Shawville (behind Pontiac High School). Admission: $5.00. Drinks
(non-alcoholic) and light refreshments for purchase
This is a youth music project, intended especially for young people in the Pontiac, who would otherwise never have the opportunity to hear alternative rock bands in their area.  It is designed to enhance their lives by introducing them to new music and cultural expression geared to their age group.  The event is to be staged in a location free of alcohol and drugs.  Young people will be encouraged to participate in organizing the concerts.  Donations are being asked for to cover the cost of this concert and the two which are planned for July 16 and August 6.  For information call: Samantha Everts at (819)  648 - 5766 or
E-mail:
thats_me_samantha@yahoo.ca 

 

June 12 & 13, 19 & 20
The Pontiac Artists' Studio Tour 2004

The 15th Pontiac Artists' Studio Tour will open the studios of eighteen artists to the visiting public. Here are some of the artists:  Larry Evans, Sylvie Hovington, Geraldine Classen, Kay Ranger, Anna Woods, Linda Baril and Julie Bennett Robillard.  Works include acrylics, watercolours, oils, silk painting, pottery and collage. 

Visit http://www.pontiacartists.com/mediapics for high quality images suitable for publication.

The Tour is open from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm. Free of charge.

A brochure including a detailed map is available at stores and service stations along Highway 148 between Aylmer and Fort Coulonge.

Until October 31st. “Exposition d’art”,  studio tour organized by a group of artists located on Allumette and Morrisson Islands and in the Waltham area. Participants are: David Rogers (wood sculpture), Francis Giroux (oil, silk, milk churns and quilting). Claudette Spence (oil), Betty Lamarche Ryan (oil and photography), Margaret Lynch Beauchamp (oil and acrylic), Maurice Bissonnette (painting and prints), Donna Crabbe (acrylic, ink drawing, painting on stone, sculpture and interior murals), Annette Craisse (miniatures and handicraft), Myrna Yaniszewski (oil).
Numbered coloured posters guide visitors from one studio to the next.  Maps are available from stores and tourist information booths.  The route also includes the church of St. Alphonse Liguori, “the cathedral of Chapeau”, built in 1988 to be the cathedral of the new diocese of Pembroke and designated a historic monument.
For information call:
Claudette Spence at (819) 689-5050.

 

   
     
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